PAWS & NEVER!
Are happy to announce the birth of 5 dogs and 2 bitches
All Yellow
on September 23th. 2021
For the record :
Never Give Up Of Tintagel Winds (Never)
(Multi Champion And Field Trial Champion Carromer's Charlie Chalk X Have One Of Me Of Tintagel Winds)
Born July 12th 2017
Clear For The 3 DNA Tests For PRAprcd/EIC/HNPK
Paws For Thoughts Of Tintagel Winds (Paws)
MALLORN'S FLINTSTONE (PONCH) x JEWEL IN PURE GOLD OF TINTAGEL WINDS (JEWEL)
Born 25th November 2019
Are happy to announce the birth of 5 dogs and 2 bitches
All Yellow
on September 23th. 2021
For the record :
Never Give Up Of Tintagel Winds (Never)
(Multi Champion And Field Trial Champion Carromer's Charlie Chalk X Have One Of Me Of Tintagel Winds)
Born July 12th 2017
Clear For The 3 DNA Tests For PRAprcd/EIC/HNPK
Paws For Thoughts Of Tintagel Winds (Paws)
MALLORN'S FLINTSTONE (PONCH) x JEWEL IN PURE GOLD OF TINTAGEL WINDS (JEWEL)
Born 25th November 2019
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12/10/2021
19 Days
Difficult times - Spunky and Star Wars refuse the gastric tube and throw up the milk. I made a new one with a dash to the Pharmacy this morning - no better. I tried the bottle again, no way, I tried the sponge, no way either. I really thought I was losing them definitely yesterday evening.
This morning I rushed out to buy eggs and made egg custard with little hope they'd be able to try eating with any success considering that their 19 days today is really only about 12 days logically. I was right. It's an uphill struggle. So happy to have the Virbac Nutri-Plus gel of which they love the taste so they get a pea-sized blot on my finger 6 times per 24 hours. And I'm desperately persevering with the transition to eating in a bowl (on my lap).
The next day or two are crucial. Paws crossed please.
12/10/2021
19 Days
Difficult times - Spunky and Star Wars refuse the gastric tube and throw up the milk. I made a new one with a dash to the Pharmacy this morning - no better. I tried the bottle again, no way, I tried the sponge, no way either. I really thought I was losing them definitely yesterday evening.
This morning I rushed out to buy eggs and made egg custard with little hope they'd be able to try eating with any success considering that their 19 days today is really only about 12 days logically. I was right. It's an uphill struggle. So happy to have the Virbac Nutri-Plus gel of which they love the taste so they get a pea-sized blot on my finger 6 times per 24 hours. And I'm desperately persevering with the transition to eating in a bowl (on my lap).
The next day or two are crucial. Paws crossed please.
Little treasure Spunky . . . hold in there baby
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10/10/2021
17 Days
The "unofficial" weight charts for Red and Royal Blue at the moment. It's not a once-a-week weighing, it's not a once-a-day weighing either . . . it's a "before" and "after" weighing . . . . five times a day when I intube them. That's ten times a day per puppy.
When I look at these bits of paper - I measure the work involved and wonder whether people realise the time and energy a breeder invests in his/her puppies. No, I know that they have no idea.
10/10/2021
17 Days
The "unofficial" weight charts for Red and Royal Blue at the moment. It's not a once-a-week weighing, it's not a once-a-day weighing either . . . it's a "before" and "after" weighing . . . . five times a day when I intube them. That's ten times a day per puppy.
When I look at these bits of paper - I measure the work involved and wonder whether people realise the time and energy a breeder invests in his/her puppies. No, I know that they have no idea.
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08/10/2021
2 Weeks
Yesterday was DAY 15 for the Paws, and SPUNKY & STAR WARS are actually SUCKLING here ! One tiny suckle is a great leap forward after 2 weeks of gastric intubing, and now it just remains to be seen how their weight may improve and at what age this extremely premature litter will be able to start egg custard.
15 days SPUNKY at 610 g. = 1,3 lb . . . . .
The 5 big ones are now over 1 kilo at around 2,4 lbs
08/10/2021
2 Weeks
Yesterday was DAY 15 for the Paws, and SPUNKY & STAR WARS are actually SUCKLING here ! One tiny suckle is a great leap forward after 2 weeks of gastric intubing, and now it just remains to be seen how their weight may improve and at what age this extremely premature litter will be able to start egg custard.
15 days SPUNKY at 610 g. = 1,3 lb . . . . .
The 5 big ones are now over 1 kilo at around 2,4 lbs
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The five biggest - banished into the Punishment Box to give prime Mummy time to the two little shrimps. Up to today it was a useless waste of time but with perseverance it looks as though it's finally working ! Yay !□□
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06/10/2021
2 Weeks
TWO weeks - phew ! - although I am disappointed that Red and Royal Blue have put on so little weight compared with their siblings - they are active and curious and Red went from 20 gms gain the first week to 186 this week. I fully believe in both of them. Royal Blue's difficulty is in accepting the gastric tube.
As for Paws, my admiration and confidence in her are without bounds. It's lovely to know how wrong you can be when being wrong is a wonderful and happy surprise !
Considering the disastrous condition in which they were torn out of their mother and the loss of four of them in the first 4 days - I am extremely happy with what I have today.
06/10/2021
2 Weeks
TWO weeks - phew ! - although I am disappointed that Red and Royal Blue have put on so little weight compared with their siblings - they are active and curious and Red went from 20 gms gain the first week to 186 this week. I fully believe in both of them. Royal Blue's difficulty is in accepting the gastric tube.
As for Paws, my admiration and confidence in her are without bounds. It's lovely to know how wrong you can be when being wrong is a wonderful and happy surprise !
Considering the disastrous condition in which they were torn out of their mother and the loss of four of them in the first 4 days - I am extremely happy with what I have today.
From 450 grams to 525 this week for the five biggest. It's correct for babies born far too soon. Now the 2 others must catch up
I just don't do the averages with this litter beause it means nothing when you have five on one side and 2 on the other.
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06/10/2021
2 Weeks
Here's Spunky this morning, investigating my shoe. Looking forward to weighing them all this afternoon: 2 weeks today !
06/10/2021
2 Weeks
Here's Spunky this morning, investigating my shoe. Looking forward to weighing them all this afternoon: 2 weeks today !
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04/10/2021
12 Days
Good Morning everyone - I weigh ONE POUND this morning and tomorrow I'll be 2 weeks old.
Love: SPUNKY
P.S. My Mummy said to me that I'm NOT to worry about growing bigger and if I stay a bit smaller than my siblings - she says that diamonds are very small compared with other precious stones and yet they are of the greatest value . . .
04/10/2021
12 Days
Good Morning everyone - I weigh ONE POUND this morning and tomorrow I'll be 2 weeks old.
Love: SPUNKY
P.S. My Mummy said to me that I'm NOT to worry about growing bigger and if I stay a bit smaller than my siblings - she says that diamonds are very small compared with other precious stones and yet they are of the greatest value . . .
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03/10/2021
11 Days
This - if he survives - is SPUNKY LITTLE DEVIL OF T.W. (Red)
Paws' babies are now 11 days old and just about look and weigh-in like 5 days old, maximum. Spunky and his slightly bigger brother Royal Blue look, size-wise, just about new-born.
I try not to feel sorry for myself with the terrible round-the-clock weighing and intubing because it must be much worse for them. Paws is taking it all in her stride, being a devoted and watchful mother. I never expected this from her.
In 11 days the weight GAIN is: Yellow 448 gms
Turquoise 438 gms
Black 574 gms
Green 428 gms
Fuschia 366 gms
Royal Blue 208 gms
Red 106 gms
The 3 biggest haven't been intubed for several days, add Fuschia and Green whom I'm stopping tonight - all five seem well on their way and will catch up. Blue and Red are still being intubed 6 times per 24 hours, and the difference from beloved Remedy is that he loved the intubing whereas these two hate it and do all they can to refuse it, spit it out, reject the milk and generally exasperate me, particularly at 3 a.m. But I'm definitely more determined than they are.
03/10/2021
11 Days
This - if he survives - is SPUNKY LITTLE DEVIL OF T.W. (Red)
Paws' babies are now 11 days old and just about look and weigh-in like 5 days old, maximum. Spunky and his slightly bigger brother Royal Blue look, size-wise, just about new-born.
I try not to feel sorry for myself with the terrible round-the-clock weighing and intubing because it must be much worse for them. Paws is taking it all in her stride, being a devoted and watchful mother. I never expected this from her.
In 11 days the weight GAIN is: Yellow 448 gms
Turquoise 438 gms
Black 574 gms
Green 428 gms
Fuschia 366 gms
Royal Blue 208 gms
Red 106 gms
The 3 biggest haven't been intubed for several days, add Fuschia and Green whom I'm stopping tonight - all five seem well on their way and will catch up. Blue and Red are still being intubed 6 times per 24 hours, and the difference from beloved Remedy is that he loved the intubing whereas these two hate it and do all they can to refuse it, spit it out, reject the milk and generally exasperate me, particularly at 3 a.m. But I'm definitely more determined than they are.
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01/10/2021
8 Days
Everyone got clean pyjamas this morning. Throwing up milk non-stop and being licked (not quite to death) by their mother, Paws, sent the collars into unrecognizable colours. Which made the weighing precarious.
Red is still a very big worry but though I keep asking myself whether insisting on his living is doing him a favour - I shan't give up as long as he keeps trying to move forward. He still doesn't know how to suck though is attracted to the teats. It's becoming difficult when he weighs less than half what the biggest weigh. Punishment Box to the rescue !
Green was a big worry too but has discovered how to suck and is certainly/probably out of danger now at 9 days. Royal Blue is still a worry.
I'm cheating too, because the 4 being intubed . . . I only accept writing down their weight just after they've been "fed" and not before. This cheating boosts my morale as well as their weight.
01/10/2021
8 Days
Everyone got clean pyjamas this morning. Throwing up milk non-stop and being licked (not quite to death) by their mother, Paws, sent the collars into unrecognizable colours. Which made the weighing precarious.
Red is still a very big worry but though I keep asking myself whether insisting on his living is doing him a favour - I shan't give up as long as he keeps trying to move forward. He still doesn't know how to suck though is attracted to the teats. It's becoming difficult when he weighs less than half what the biggest weigh. Punishment Box to the rescue !
Green was a big worry too but has discovered how to suck and is certainly/probably out of danger now at 9 days. Royal Blue is still a worry.
I'm cheating too, because the 4 being intubed . . . I only accept writing down their weight just after they've been "fed" and not before. This cheating boosts my morale as well as their weight.
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29/09/2021
6 Days
Never before have I had puppies probably "born" over a week early. By C-section because the uterus was open and there were no contractions. Unable to suck, unable to accept the gastric tube, unable to digest and despite a loving and ever-present mother - life was too fragile for four of them, though not necessarily the smallest at birth. Paws is being wonderful.
24 hours a day, non stop taking their temperatures which fall constantly without vigilant care, weighing them before intubing, weighing them after (because they throw back most of the milk), giving them Virbac Nutrition gel, cleaning them, loving them . . . for such a pathetic result.
Will I manage to save the seven who are still here ? I don't know. At one week old, normally a puppy doubles his birthweight - but they haven't in this case even though their birthweight was less than I have ever known, about half what is normal.
I'm totally undone, holding my dying babies against my skin and telling them I love them until I feel their last breath. I suffered this once in 1985 with my own baby and each time now this brings back terrible traumatic memories of an insufferable situation.
Just a million, million thanks to the very best friend in the world whose constant telephone calls at all hours of day and night are just about holding me together with comfort, advice and encouragement. Some exceptional humans go above and beyond.
29/09/2021
6 Days
Never before have I had puppies probably "born" over a week early. By C-section because the uterus was open and there were no contractions. Unable to suck, unable to accept the gastric tube, unable to digest and despite a loving and ever-present mother - life was too fragile for four of them, though not necessarily the smallest at birth. Paws is being wonderful.
24 hours a day, non stop taking their temperatures which fall constantly without vigilant care, weighing them before intubing, weighing them after (because they throw back most of the milk), giving them Virbac Nutrition gel, cleaning them, loving them . . . for such a pathetic result.
Will I manage to save the seven who are still here ? I don't know. At one week old, normally a puppy doubles his birthweight - but they haven't in this case even though their birthweight was less than I have ever known, about half what is normal.
I'm totally undone, holding my dying babies against my skin and telling them I love them until I feel their last breath. I suffered this once in 1985 with my own baby and each time now this brings back terrible traumatic memories of an insufferable situation.
Just a million, million thanks to the very best friend in the world whose constant telephone calls at all hours of day and night are just about holding me together with comfort, advice and encouragement. Some exceptional humans go above and beyond.
DAY SEVEN today of the worst week in my life
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26/09/2021
3 Days
Eleven there were, nine there are and, hopefully, nine there will be . . . .
Two very difficult and sad days fighting the disaster which is a litter born five days early by C-section.
Two little girls went over the Rainbow Bridge and I howled my despair into the silent night while the full moon stared down at us. A moon that's watched everything in this world since the beginning of time doesn't think much of two puppies dying. Neither Orange nor Pale Pink responded to gastric intubing nor bottle feeding nor drop by drop syringe feeding. They crept out of this sad world and though Paws seemed indifferent (dogs are wonderful, they never look back) I wept the whole night for them.
The 9 others are in two groups, though all together - 4 are being intubed every four hours, 4 are doing fine all by themselves and one is half way between. There's a considerable weight difference and nothing is still sure but I feel more confident today that these nine tough little ones will thrive and shine. Paws is being a really wonderful first-time mother though she was not well for two days.
26/09/2021
3 Days
Eleven there were, nine there are and, hopefully, nine there will be . . . .
Two very difficult and sad days fighting the disaster which is a litter born five days early by C-section.
Two little girls went over the Rainbow Bridge and I howled my despair into the silent night while the full moon stared down at us. A moon that's watched everything in this world since the beginning of time doesn't think much of two puppies dying. Neither Orange nor Pale Pink responded to gastric intubing nor bottle feeding nor drop by drop syringe feeding. They crept out of this sad world and though Paws seemed indifferent (dogs are wonderful, they never look back) I wept the whole night for them.
The 9 others are in two groups, though all together - 4 are being intubed every four hours, 4 are doing fine all by themselves and one is half way between. There's a considerable weight difference and nothing is still sure but I feel more confident today that these nine tough little ones will thrive and shine. Paws is being a really wonderful first-time mother though she was not well for two days.
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24/09/2021
Day 1
Super little Paws, despite all I feared - has acted like a real little trooper. Apart from having to heave her, paw by paw, into the whelping box first time around (and don't tell me she doesn't weigh 200 kilos) - she's a bitch far stronger (but less determined) than me. She has won her gold star in 24 hours .
A tentative lick turned her into a cleaning machine. Presenting (?) 7 empty teats to 11 babies turned her into a semi-functioning milk machine. The other bitch on the scene is armed with a gastric tube, baby feeding bottles and artificial milk. It's been heavy going and sitting two consecutive nights on a hard chair beside Paws and her babies is definitely turning me into a zombie.
But eleven there were and eleven there are and with Paws, me and some good luck - eleven there will be.
24/09/2021
Day 1
Super little Paws, despite all I feared - has acted like a real little trooper. Apart from having to heave her, paw by paw, into the whelping box first time around (and don't tell me she doesn't weigh 200 kilos) - she's a bitch far stronger (but less determined) than me. She has won her gold star in 24 hours .
A tentative lick turned her into a cleaning machine. Presenting (?) 7 empty teats to 11 babies turned her into a semi-functioning milk machine. The other bitch on the scene is armed with a gastric tube, baby feeding bottles and artificial milk. It's been heavy going and sitting two consecutive nights on a hard chair beside Paws and her babies is definitely turning me into a zombie.
But eleven there were and eleven there are and with Paws, me and some good luck - eleven there will be.
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The smallest, 8 ounces, the one who wouldn't come out and forced the C-section. Orange collar. A girl, what else !
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23/09/2021
Oh WOW - the unexpected ! Suddenly with a normal temperature at scarcely 59 days . . . Paws was losing placenta.. No contractions, no contractions either after a quick trip to the Vet for Ocytocine shots.
So back to the Vet for a C-section. I wasn't exactly ready for that. And then the wild rush to welcome eleven tiny unready for birth babies plus one even smaller and even less finished who was not alive. Very premature puppies with no fur on faces, ears, necks, fronts or paws and skin an odd colour.
Seven boys and four girls.
Needless to say that Paws, primipare and utterly oblivious to what was going to happen has no milk and 7 teats and no desire to lie in a whelping box.
I got home with Paws and the babies in total darkness at 8.40 p.m. with all the dogs to put to bed, feed youngsters, survey Paws and then pass a night sitting trying to get the eleven to take some puppy milk. With very mixed results. They just aren't ready and the average birth-weight is just on 280 gms which is 9,8 ounces.
23/09/2021
Oh WOW - the unexpected ! Suddenly with a normal temperature at scarcely 59 days . . . Paws was losing placenta.. No contractions, no contractions either after a quick trip to the Vet for Ocytocine shots.
So back to the Vet for a C-section. I wasn't exactly ready for that. And then the wild rush to welcome eleven tiny unready for birth babies plus one even smaller and even less finished who was not alive. Very premature puppies with no fur on faces, ears, necks, fronts or paws and skin an odd colour.
Seven boys and four girls.
Needless to say that Paws, primipare and utterly oblivious to what was going to happen has no milk and 7 teats and no desire to lie in a whelping box.
I got home with Paws and the babies in total darkness at 8.40 p.m. with all the dogs to put to bed, feed youngsters, survey Paws and then pass a night sitting trying to get the eleven to take some puppy milk. With very mixed results. They just aren't ready and the average birth-weight is just on 280 gms which is 9,8 ounces.
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Hummmmm . . . should I have trimmed her tail ?
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"Now what are these things ?"
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31/08/2021
The start - Le début
Never and Paws are delighted (I, less so) to announce that they have abolished the rules and are looking forward - it seems - to puppies.
I took it as fun and games when I saw Never on her back. She'd been in season just 4 months earlier and was losing nothing and he's always adored pale yellow girls.
However, just about on 5 weeks today since I saw the "fun and games" and her attitude has changed and so has her underbody line. Looks like I'm faced with the evidence of misbehaviour !
31/08/2021
The start - Le début
Never and Paws are delighted (I, less so) to announce that they have abolished the rules and are looking forward - it seems - to puppies.
I took it as fun and games when I saw Never on her back. She'd been in season just 4 months earlier and was losing nothing and he's always adored pale yellow girls.
However, just about on 5 weeks today since I saw the "fun and games" and her attitude has changed and so has her underbody line. Looks like I'm faced with the evidence of misbehaviour !
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